another p6 gone

symes

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well after 20 years of having my p6 it looks like its going -had a gut full of its electrics--not in one piece though--engine and box for Zephyr, had offer on reg number from a dealer and paint strip panels put primer on them put on the bay and scrap what not sold on bay---will make me more than in one piece--weird that eh
Last year I got a 72 TC for 300 and did same--made 500 selling it off in bits --am doing deal on a 3500s at moment so should get that by monday if all goes to plan
will probably see some p6s at shows but I wont be keeping one again --
 
I know mate,but had to do fuel gauge then lights went andthen fix door light switches then rev counter stopped -causing more grief---and cant be dealing with it anymore as my ford is nearly done for sale and am thinking of getting a hotrod via sale of ford and rover parts on bay
 
Most classics,especially custom motors will have problems crop up.
Fixing them is all part of the fun of ownership.
 
Out of interest what do you think it's worth? I'm sure the engine is the biggest part of it's value, but it's special enough that someone might pay it?
 
Had a mate spend all day--finished about 30 mins ago==== replaced whole dash from working car----still no fuel gauge and temp and no rev counter also indicators now dont work either---so this weekend we pull it apart---engine and box and other parts going on the bay sometime sunday---really cant be bothered throwing more money and time into it--if it was rare -then things would be different :(
 
I suggest that if you don't want to keep on working on a classic to keep It on the road, run a modern car. Even when these cars were new, they had their problems and now when they are around 50 odd years old people expect them to act like a new car. But then saying that, they aren't rocket science to keep going. It amazes me how many owners of P6's don't have a clue about basic engineering or electrics. All you need is a workshop manual and a multimeter. All these so called modern car electricians are used to just plugging in an analyser and getting the answer. Why for goodness sake replace the whole dash for a simple electrical fault, no wonder you made bad matters worse. People are so quick to scrap and modify out of all recognition P6's, before we know it they will be extinct ! Scraping a car that is beyond repair with rust is one thing, but scraping one for an electrical fault is unforgivable.
 
Call me over-sentimental if you like, but if I had a 40-year old P6 (or any other true classic for that matter) that I'd owned for 20 years which had some electrical faults I'd be looking at investing enough time and money to cure them...rather than viewing the car as a soulless metal cash-cow. Having seen some of your previous posts one here I'd say you were capable of solving them, particularly given the help and advice freely available on this forum.

Faults can sometimes be mega-frustrating - we've all been there - but at the end of the day, these are not complicated cars that need expensive diagnostic equipment or even code-readers. I'm wrestling at the moment with fuelling, DPF, and sensor faults on a 10-year old Peugeot 307 diesel (my daughter's car) that, as far as I'm concerned, was pretty naff when built and has gone downhill from there. If it's going to cost more than a sum I have in mind, it'll be gone to the scrappy.

Having said all that it is, of course, your car and you can do as you please with it....but why not at least offer it for sale complete before plunging in with the spanners and gas-axe?

Life isn't always about the money...or, at least, it shouldn't be IMHO.
 
My fuel gauge has never worked since I bought mine - I just use the trip counter. Its on my list of things to do... near the bottom!
 
I was speechless when I read this. However, this chap is into customising cars and seems to have no real interest in preservation or even the experience of what they were like to drive. Chacun a son gout
 
Can't save 'em all Christopher. I have memories of what looked like a perfect Scarab blue 3500 being murdered around the corner for someones V8 land-rover project in the mid-1980s. Was ever thus I'm afraid. The curse of having a tasty (and light) motor.
 
After reading that again & seeing the expressed attachment to the car, I am surprised that a couple of niggling electrical faults that could be sorted relatively easily would be the cause of letting it go, let alone breaking it up.

I suspect that transference of interest is more to blame. Much as the guy I bought Bruiser from transferred his to a Lancia, a hot rod seems to be the other woman in this case.
 
It would a shame to break your car with those mechanical mods.
Why not offer for sale as a whole ?
Most classics are worth more as a sum of their parts.....but take time / effort to break and after selling the good bits, there could be a lot left over (which would need disposing)

Mark.
 
Well Olivia - grand daughter said=== use bits from that one====I got a 3500s rust bucket off a mate who was going to build a kit car but never did=he sold interior and bumpers lights etc
Anyway Ricky stripped harness out of it and me and livvy got harness out of black rose==found problem=harness dropped down and caught on steering causing short across various things === so a simple fix==yeh right Anyway after 3 days of swearing and cut hands
Black rose is back to its normal Tyre squealing self--got a new owner though---I sold it for 10 pounds----yes seriously ===Olivia owns it now==well when she old enough to drive=its hers ( 10 got bacon sarnies at diner-I forgot my cash )
The 3500s gave up diff and brakes for a 2000
Engine and box going in my T bucket parts store
The rest gone to another mate so he can play at doing a land rover p6 4x4===dont ask I dread to think about that one
Also I got spare clocks for Black rose as rev counter is for electronic ignition--so if I do get rid off points on my Buick then rev counter there for it=
So there you go 1 wreck has donated enough parts for 4 cars=hows that for recycling then eh?
 
old cars are not as hard to work on than all this new crap even thow im having hag trying to get a gearbox for mine but a good chap is going to help me out with it? so if you have space keep trying and if stuck get a complet loom or a good auto electric man in as it carnt be much good luck
 
chris_v888 said:
old cars are not as hard to work on than all this new crap even thow im having hag trying to get a gearbox for mine but a good chap is going to help me out with it? so if you have space keep trying and if stuck get a complet loom or a good auto electric man in as it carnt be much good luck
Ricky is auto sparky==he has kitted out tech that seems pointless to me -he redone the series 2 harness--threw it away and started again--100% better
and you should see other threads I done
if you did---you would see Black Rose is still blasting -- raced a mustang 289 last nite--easy £50 thatll learn him
3500s now gone engine and box was intended for my T but sold on and used cash to get Chrysler 460 and box
As for old cars easier to work on mmmm on a modern car you plug in dongle and computer tells you fault--well our kit does anyway--saves guess work
but new cars are dull boring with no sole--designed on computer by grey people for other grey people to end up in higher purchase hell just so they can impress their grey neighbors also they drive them really fast so they get from A to B ASAP because they are in a s""""""box
As for gearbox--hope all goes well for you
 
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